hāpuʻu pulu — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /HAH-poo-oo POO-loo/ — syllables: HAH · poo · oo · POO · loo
Meaning
Hawaiian tree fern (Cibotium glaucum). The soft, silky fibers were used for stuffing.
How to pronounce hāpuʻu pulu
Hawaiian vowels are always sounded separately. A kahakō (line above a vowel) lengthens it; the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in “uh-oh”.
Frequently asked
What does hāpuʻu pulu mean?
Hawaiian tree fern (Cibotium glaucum). The soft, silky fibers were used for stuffing.
How do you pronounce hāpuʻu pulu?
hāpuʻu pulu is pronounced /HAH-poo-oo POO-loo/ — broken into syllables: HAH · poo · oo · POO · loo. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is hāpuʻu pulu a noun?
Yes — hāpuʻu pulu is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Plants category.
Where does this definition come from?
Definitions and pronunciations on hawaiian-words.com are drawn from the authoritative Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary (rev. ed. 1986), the standard scholarly reference for ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi.